Fastening device for overshoes for tires.



P. E. KENT.

FASTENING DEVICE FOR OVERSHOES FOR TIRES.

APPLICATION FILED FEB.28| l9l6.

132K800 Patented May 29,1917. 3241 to the outside of other shoes.

WEED s ra rn PERRY n. KENT, on NEW YORK, N. Y.

- FASTENING DEVICE FOR OVERSI-IOES FOR TIRES.

Specification ofiIletters Patent.

Patented May 2%, 19117.

Application filed February 28, 1916. Serial No. 80,875.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, PERRY E. KENT, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of New York city, county of Bronx, and State of New York, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Fastening Devices for Overshoes for Tires, of which the following is a specification.

This improvement relates particularly to the manner of applying and securely attaching a binder to the edge of a cover or outer protecting shoe of an automobile tire.

The wearing away of tires on automobiles is a source of continued annoyance, and when a tire gets worn so as to become unreliab e, or if a small blowout occurs, or side-cracking or rim-cutting takes place it is generally discarded as junk.

My invention aims to obviate this wear on the new tire and to lessen the liability of punctures and blowouts by covering them with these partially worn or unserviceable shoes, and to get additional wear and service out of these cast-offs by applying them To do this it is necessary to cut off the inside retaining or gripping edges of the old shoes in order that they may expand to suiiicient dimensions for the purpose. This operation however leaves these edges of the old shoe in a flabby or elastic condition and not capable of retaining their previous rigid position in the rough usage they are called upon to perform.

The object of my invention is to supply an attachable stiffening or auxiliary rim directly to these edges wherefrom the former rim was removed, and in such a manner as to effectively render them as nonelastic as before but of such changed dimensions as necessary for the purpose. lVhen applied as described and illustrated this overshoe or covering will tenaciously adhere to the shoe in such a firm manner, after inflation, as to be immovable, as long as the proper pressure is sustained and this additional wearing and resisting element will greatly lessen the chances of punctures and blowouts as well as enabling the owner to get double the amount of wear from the old shoe in addition to strengthening the resisting power of the whole tire.

To this end I punch a multiplicity of holes around the edges of the old shoe after the former retaining edge has been cut off, then procuring steel rim or hoop of suitable size I attach it to the edges of the old tire or cover by lacing the same through the holes punched in the tire and around the hoop practically as shown. In so doing I find it advantageous to skip every other hole the first time around so that when one circuit has been completed another one can be put'in by using the vacant holes thus doubling the holding power of the lacing loy added strands and also lessening the chances of disabling should a strand break or be severed in any way. This feature can be carried to a greater extent (by adding strands) if desired and a corresponding increase of strength as well as flexibility or resiliency be obtained from the multiplicity and pliableness .of the fastenings or attaching ligaments.

The attaining of these objects are clearly set forth in the accompanying drawings.

Figure 1 represents a portion of an automobile wheel with the cover or overshoe laced on over the inner shoe. Fig. 2 is a sectional view of the rim, shoe and binder in perspective and shows a non-skid tire used as an overshoe covering the regular tire which also includes the inner tube. Similar letters and figures in the different views refer to similar parts.

Referring more particularly to the drawings A. represents the usual metal rim or container which holds the tire to the wheel. B represents the folly of same to which the rim is secured. 1 is the usual shoe or tire of an automobile and contains the in- Her tube (6) fully inflated therein. 2 is the outer cover or overshoe. 3 represents the metal binder or hoop retainer. 4 is the lacing which secures the auxiliary rim to the overshoe. 5 illustrates the holes punched near the edge of tne overshoe through which the lacing passes to fasten the binder to the overshoe. 6 is the inner tube.

It will be readily seen from the foregoing that by divesting an old automobile shoe of its former rims or edges, and by punching holes around the inner edges of same and lacing thereto a steel ring of proper size, as illustrated, and squeezing it over an ordinary shoe of the same size, that, when inflated to its usual capacity, it would form a covering to the undershoe which would adhere so firmly as to become virtually a part of the shoe itself while providing an immense addition to the wearing surface as well as increasing the percentage of pro of the tire.

tection against punctures and the liability of bloWouts. The unyielding edges formed by the binder prevent the material of the overshoe from giving or stretching to any detrimental extent thus insuring a far greater additional mileage and increasing the safety of the Wheel though not lessening the resiliency.

It Will be plainly apparent that by this manner. of applying this auxiliary rim to the extreme edges of the covering or overshoe itself that a Very equitable and evenlybalanced pulling or securing power is attained, at the same time the device does not detract from the general appearance Having fully described my invention what I claim as original and pertinent thereto is as follows:

1. In an auxiliary casing for automobile tires, a non-expansible metal ring attached to the inner edges thereof by means of lacing Which extends from holes near the edge of the casing around the ring to other holes therein, encircling the casing, thus limiting the expansion of the inner edges of the casing and holding it firmly against the inflated shoe.

2. In a retaining device for the edges of an outer covering for automobile tires, restraining rinis bound to either edge of said outer coveringby means of strands of binding material Wrapped around said restraining rims running from apertures near the edge of said casing thence around said restraining rims in a diagonal manner to alternating apertures in said casing thereby permitting the use of several strands of binding material to complete the Wrapping.

In Witness whereof I have hereto ailixed my signature in presence of two Witnesses this 26 day of February, 1916.

PERRY E. KENT.

lVitnesses CLAUDE E. HAxns, GEORGE IV. GRINTON.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. C. 

